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Anandashram (Hindi: अनंदाश्रम) (English translation = "Abode of Bliss") is a spiritual retreat located in the city of Kanhangad, a city and a municipality in Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala. Swami Ramdas and Mother Krishnabai, also called Papa Ramdas and Pujya Mataji, founded Anandashram in 1931, in Kanhangad, Kerala, South India.〔http://www.anandashram.org/html/about.html〕 == History == The idea of setting up an ashram or spiritual centre called "Anandashram" seems to have first occurred to Swami Ramdas in Bombay. He had recently stayed in Kasargod in North Kerala where he had been, according to his memoirs, "put up in a thatched hut on the Pilikunji Hill." 〔Swami Ramdas, ''In the Vision of God'' (1935), page 88.〕 While in Bombay, Swami Ramdas wrote to Anandrao (his brother in Kasargod) "expressing a wish to have an Ashram in that place on the Pilikunji hill. (Ramdas ) also suggested that it might be named 'Anandashram.'" 〔Swami Ramdas, ''In the Vision of God'' (1935), page 374.〕 A small Ashram consisting of a tiny room and an open veranda was constructed upon the hill, to the south of which flowed the Payashwini river. This Anandashram was inaugurated on 3 June 1928.〔Mataji Krishnabai, ''Guru's Grace'' (1964), page 29.〕 In a letter dated 14 June 1928, Swami Ramdas describes the Ashram thus: "For about a fortnight last, Ramdas has been occupying the new Ashram, got ready for His child by Sri Ram. It is situated in a jungle, at the foot of hills, near a swift running stream. The place is calm and blissful. Morning and evening, the sweet notes of birds fill the air with thrills of ecstasy. Within the Ashram, hymns are sung, and the chanting of God's names goes on, all day and night. Devotees of God are pouring in numbers. Ramdas is merged in a sea of bliss. The Ashram is named "Anandashram"."〔(Letters of Swami Ramdas, Vol 1, page 7. )〕 This ashram would prove to be the site for the ''sadhana'' and self-realization of Mother Krishnabai. On 7 June 1928, just four days after the establishment of the Ashram in Kasargod, the young widow Krishnabai arrived in Kasargod to stay with her sister-in-law.〔Mataji Krishnabai, ''Guru's Grace'' (1964), page 29.〕 By 1930, she had left her family and was living permanently in the Ashram. Her presence in the Ashram provoked considerable scandal, causing the Ashram's regular inmates to leave; the number of visitors also dwindled. In 1931, soon after Mataji Krishnabai completed her ''sadhana'' and gained the experience of ''samadhi'', Swami Ramdas and Mataji were forced to abandon the Ashram permanently following a physical attack on Mataji Krishnabai by a pair of unknown individuals.〔Mataji Krishnabai, ''Guru's Grace'', pages 79-80.〕〔Swami Ramdas, ''In the Vision of God'', pages 431-35.〕 A few days later, while staying in Kanhangad, Swami Ramdas's friends and devotees suggested that a new Ashram be set up near the Manjapati hill in Kanhangad.〔Swami Ramdas, ''In the Vision of God,'' page 436.〕 Swami Ramdas agreed, and the new Ashram, also called 'Andandashram,' was opened on 15 May 1931. The surrounding area, which was called Manjapati before the establishment of the Ashram, is now known as Ramnagar. The Ashram slowly grew from its tiny initial structure to the present complex of low-rise buildings. Many of the buildings constructed by the Ashram were given away to those who worked in the Ashram or handed over to the Government to run various social welfare schemes and schools. The Ashram provides free food for all visitors, and free accommodation for a limited period of time. There are special buildings for wandering sadhus and sanyasis. The Ashram publishes a journal called ''The Vision'' as well as a number of books by Swami Ramdas (who was a prolific writer) and others.〔http://anandashram.org/html/publications.html〕 After the ''mahasamadhi'' of Swami Ramdas in 1963, Mataji Krishnabai headed Anandashram until her own passing in 1989. Swami Sachidananda, who joined the ashram in 1949, took over the leadership of the Ashram until he passed away in 2008.〔http://www.anandashram.org/html/swamiji.html〕 Now Swami Muktananda heads the Ashram. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anandashram」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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